He represented the electoral district of Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945.
[1] Born in 1894 at Afton, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Irish was a hotel owner and manager.
[2] Irish entered provincial politics in 1941, when he was elected in the dual-member Pictou County riding with Liberal Josiah H.
[4] Irish attempted to enter federal politics in the 1949 federal election, but was defeated as the Progressive Conservative candidate by Liberal incumbent Henry Byron McCulloch in the Pictou riding.
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